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An update was made to the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Country Profile for Myanmar/Burma.
Updated Content: Mine Action...
Mines are believed to be concentrated on Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and Thailand, but are a particular threat in eastern parts of the country as a result of decades of post-independence struggles for autonomy by ethnic minorities. Some 47 townships in Kachin, Karen (Kayin), Karenni (Kayah), Mon, Rakhine, and Shan states, as well as in Pegu (Bago) and Tenasserim (Tanintharyi) divisions[1] suffer from some degree of mine contamination, primarily from antipersonnel mines. Karen (Kayin) state and Pegu (Bago) division are suspected to contain the heaviest mine contamination and have the highest number of recorded victims. The Monitor has also received reports of previously unknown suspect hazardous areas (SHAs) in townships on the Indian border of Chin state.[2]
No estimate exists of the extent of contamination, but the Monitor identified SHAs in the following divisions and townships:
Karenni state: all seven townships;
Karen state: all seven townships;
Kachin state: Mansi, Mogaung, Momauk, Myitkyina, and Waingmaw;
Mon state: Bilin, Kyaikto, Mawlamyine, Thanbyuzayat, Thaton, and Ye;
Pegu division: Kyaukkyi, Shwekyin, Tantabin and Taungoo;
Rakhine state: Maungdaw;
Shan state: Hopong, Hsihseng, Langkho, Mawkmai, Mongpan, Mongton, Monghpyak, Namhsan Tachileik, Nanhkan, Yaksawk, and Ywangan;
Tenasserim division: Bokpyin, Dawei, Tanintharyi, Thayetchaung and Yebyu; and
Chin state....
